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  • Page 2: Look What You Can Do

    & & Look What You Can Do! Play & & the Piano & e Play various sounds page The unit contains a wide variety of tones (sounds). You can freely select and perform using these tones. & e Play two layered tones page You can layer two tones on a single key.
  • Page 3 Adjust & & Your Piano & e Adjust the keyboard touch page You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style. & e Add reverberation to the sound page You can add reverberation (ambience) to create the sensation of performing in a concert hall.
  • Page 4 Copyright © 2012 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Roland, GS, and SuperNATURAL are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Roland Corporation in the United States and/or other...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Adjusting the Dual Play Volume Balance (Dual Balance) ....Rear Panel and Bottom Panel (HP505) ....... . .11 Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments (Master Tuning) .

  • Page 6: Operation Guide

    & & Operation Guide Adding Reverberation (Ambience) Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance) You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds, You can adjust the brightness of the sound you play page page producing the impression that you are performing in from the keyboard or the sounds of a song you play a concert hall.
  • Page 7 Operation Guide Tone Buttons To select a single tone page To layer two tones (dual play) page Press one of the tone buttons, and then use the [–] [+] buttons. Press two tone buttons. Press two Press one To change the tones Tone 1 Press the [–] [+] buttons.
  • Page 8 Operation Guide Using the Metronome Changing the Tempo or Time Signature Here’s how to sound the metronome. You can adjust the tempo of the metronome or page page song. To turn the metronome on To change the tempo Press the [Metronome] button so it’s lit. Use the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons.
  • Page 9 Operation Guide Selecting the Parts that will Play Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat) Here’s how to select the parts that will play. Here’s how you can make a specific portion of a page page song play back repeatedly. To select the right-hand part Press the [Right] button so it’s lit.

  • Page 10: Panel Descriptions

    * Carefully insert the USB flash drives all the way in-until it is firmly in place. preventing the power from turning on correctly. * Use a USB flash drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if any other USB flash drive is used.

  • Page 11: Rear Panel And Bottom Panel (Hp505)

    Here you can connect stereo headphones. If a digital audio player or other audio playback device is connected here, The HP505 has two headphone jacks, two people you’ll be able to listen to its playback can also use headphones simultaneously.

  • Page 12: Rear Panel And Bottom Panel (Hp503)

    Panel Descriptions Rear Panel and Bottom Panel (HP503) MIDI Connectors Input Jacks Pedal Connector DC In Jack You can connect these to If a digital audio player Connect Connect the page 62 page 62 external MIDI devices. or other audio playback the pedal included AC device is connected here,...

  • Page 13: Before You Play

    * When opening/closing the lid or raising/folding down the music rest, please be careful not to get your fingers pinched between the movable part and the panel. In places where small children are present, make sure that an adult provides supervision and guidance. Setting Up the Music Rest (HP505) Using the music holders You can use the holders to hold pages in place.

  • Page 14: Opening/Closing The Lid

    * For details of the attachment or connecting, refer to the owner’s manual of the CD drive. * Use a CD drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if any other CD drive is used. NOTE • You cannot play back CD-R/RW disks to which audio tracks have been added or CDs containing both audio tracks and data (CD Extra).

  • Page 15: Turning The Power On/Off

    Before You Play Turning the Power On/Off NOTE • Once everything is properly connected (p. 10), be sure to follow the procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn on equipment in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or equipment failure. •...

  • Page 16: Performing

    & & Performing Performing with Various Sounds In addition to piano sounds, the unit lets you enjoy performing with many other sounds (347 types). These sounds are called “Tones. ” The Tones are categorized into five groups, each of which is assigned to a different Tone button. Switching Tones Let’s start by performing with a piano tone.

  • Page 17: Performing With Two Layered Tones (Dual Play)

    Performing Performing with Two Layered Tones (Dual Play) You can play two tones simultaneously from each note of the keyboard. This feature is called “Dual Play. ” As an example, here’s how to layer piano and strings tones. While holding down the Piano [Grand] button, press the [Strings] button . Both buttons will light.

  • Page 18: Playing Different Tones With The Right And Left Hands (Split Play)

    Performing Playing Different Tones with the Right and Left Hands (Split Play) You can play different tones in the left and right sides of the keyboard, divided at a certain key. This feature is called “Split Play, ” and the key at which the keyboard is divided is called the “Split Point. ” While holding down the [Transpose] button, press the [Twin Piano] button .
  • Page 19 Performing Changing the left-hand tone While holding down the [Transpose] button and [Twin Piano] button, press a tone button . The number and name of the tone currently selected for the left-hand zone are shown. While holding down the [Transpose] button and [Twin Piano] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . A different tone is selected.

  • Page 20: Adjusting The Sound To Your Taste

    Performing Adjusting the Sound to Your Taste The unit lets you add reverberation or modify the brightness of the sound. Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Ambience) You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds of the unit, producing the impression that you are performing in a concert hall. This effect is called “Ambience.

  • Page 21: Adjusting The Keyboard Response (Key Touch)

    Performing While holding down the [Brilliance] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . Saving your settings The display will indicate the depth of the brilliance effect values. The unit’s settings will revert to the default values when you turn off the power, but you can save them as described in “Retaining the Settings Even After Power-off (Memory Backup)”...

  • Page 22: Dividing The Keyboard For Two-Person Performance (Twin Piano)

    “Retaining the Settings The display will indicate Twin Piano mode. Even After Power-off (Memory Backup)” (p. 41). HP505 only Screen Value Explanation The sound of the right-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the right speaker than from the left speaker.

  • Page 23: Shifting The Pitch (Transpose)

    Performing HP503 only Screen Value Explanation The sound of the right-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the right speaker than from the left speaker. The sound of the left-hand keyboard zone will be heard more loudly from the left speaker than from the right (default) speaker.

  • Page 24: Practicing

    & & Practicing Practicing with the Metronome You can sound the metronome while you practice. While the song selects, the metronome will sound at the tempo and time signature of the song. Press the [Metronome] button . The [Metronome] button will blink, and the metronome will sound. The [Metronome] button will blink red and green according to the currently selected time signature;...

  • Page 25: Adjusting The Metronome's Volume

    Practicing Adjusting the Metronome’s Volume While holding down the [Metronome] button, press the [–] [+] buttons . The display will indicate the metronome’s volume. Screen Value Explanation 0–10 When the volume of the metronome is set to “0, ” the metronome won’t sound, but the [Metronome] button will blink.

  • Page 26: Practicing With A Song

    Practicing Practicing with a Song You can practice by playing along with a song. Selecting and Playing a Song Here’s how to listen to the built-in songs. The unit provides over 195 built-in piano songs. You can also play back songs stored on a separately sold USB flash drive. Press the [Song] button .

  • Page 27: Playing Songs Consecutively (All Songs Play)

    Song formats that can be played by the unit The unit can play back data in the following formats. • SMF formats 0/1 • Roland Piano Digital format (i-format) • Audio files: WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear Playing Songs Consecutively (All Songs Play) You can consecutively play back the built-in songs or the songs saved in the internal memory or on the USB flash drive repetitively.

  • Page 28: Adjusting A Song's Tempo For Easier Practicing

    Practicing Adjusting a Song’s Tempo for Easier Practicing You can change the tempo at which a song plays back. When you’re practicing along with a song, this allows you to slow down the tempo of a difficult song in order to play it more comfortably. Press the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons .
  • Page 29 Practicing Using the sound of a specific part as a “guide” (mute volume) If desired, you can specify that the sound of a part will play at a reduced volume rather than going completely silent when you press a part button and turn off its indicator.

  • Page 30: Repeatedly Practicing A Portion Of A Song (Ab Repeat)

    Practicing Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat) Here’s how you can repeatedly play back a specified portion of the song. You can use this function to repeatedly practice that portion. Section to repeat Time B (Repeat End) A (Repeat Start) Press the [ ] (Play/Stop) button .

  • Page 31: Recording The Song You're Practicing

    HP505 only * Thanks to its multiple number of speakers, each of which can be used to play a different portion of the overall sound, the HP505 is capable of producing piano sounds that possess great depth and seem to have three-dimensional presence.

  • Page 32: Overdubbing A Recorded Song

    Practicing Saving a performance you’ve recorded * If you want to save to the USB flash drive (sold separately), connect your USB flash drive to the USB memory port before you continue. Press the [ ] (Fast) button to select “Y . ” Saving will begin.
  • Page 33 Practicing Recording the left hand Press the [Right] button and the [Accomp] button so their illumination is turned off . The [Left] button alone will start blinking, meaning that the unit is ready to record to the [Left] button. * If you don’t specify a part at this time, the recorded performance will be recorded in this order: [Right] button [Left] button [Accomp] button.
  • Page 34 Practicing Recording a performance you play along with a song Here’s how you can record a performance that you play along with a song. Getting ready to record Select the tone that you want record (p . 16) . Select the song to be dubbed (p . 26) . Press the [ ] (Rec) button .

  • Page 35: Converting A Song Recorded As An Smf To Audio

    The song will play back, and the conversion will begin. MEMO If, during conversion, you play the keyboard, input something via the MIDI connector, or on the HP505, input sound via the Input jacks, all sound including those sounds will be converted. Muted parts will not be converted.

  • Page 36: Audio Recording

    Here’s how to record what you play on the unit as audio data. The recorded song can be used on your computer. HP505 only * Thanks to its multiple number of speakers, each of which can be used to play a different portion of the overall sound, the unit is capable of producing piano sounds that possess great depth and seem to have three-dimensional presence.

  • Page 37: Transposing A Song For Easier Performance (Audio Transpose)

    MEMO With the factory settings, both the audio file (on the HP505, this includes the sound from the Input jacks) and the keyboard will be transposed. If you want transposition to affect only the keyboard or only the audio file, make the appropriate setting as described in ”Specifying What the Transpose will Affect (Transpose Mode)”...

  • Page 38: Burning An Audio Recording Of A Song (Wav File) To A Cd

    Practicing Burning an Audio Recording of a Song (WAV file) to a CD After an audio recording of a song has been saved to the USB flash drive, you can copy it to your computer and burn it to a CD. If you want to burn a CD from a song that you recorded as an SMF, you must first convert it to audio (WAV file) (p.

  • Page 39: Saving A Song With The Name You Specify

    Practicing Saving a Song with the Name You Specify Immediately after you’ve finished recording, you can save the song to the memory, song number, and song name that you specify. * If you want to save to the USB flash drive (sold separately), connect your USB flash drive to the USB memory port before you continue. Make sure that you’ve finished recording, and that the screen shown at the right is displayed .

  • Page 40: Renaming A Song

    Practicing Renaming a Song Here’s how rename a song you’re saved. Select the song that you want to rename (p . 26) . While holding down the [Key Touch] button, press the [Transpose] button . The [Key Touch] button and [Transpose] button will light, and the unit will enter Function mode. Use the [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons to select “SaveSong .

  • Page 41: Convenient Functions

    & & Convenient Functions Making the Power Automatically Parameters Stored in Memory Backup Page Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off) Ambience (on/off, depth) p. 20 Brilliance (on/off, depth) p. 20 Split Point p. 19 With the factory settings, the unit’s power will automatically be switched off 30 minutes after you stop playing or operating the Twin Piano mode p.

  • Page 42: Restoring The Factory Settings (Factory Reset)

    Convenient Functions Press the [ ] (Slow/Fast) button to choose “Copy Restoring the Factory Settings Song . ” (Factory Reset) Settings that you’ve stored using the Memory Backup function (p. 41) can be returned to their factory-set state. This is called the “factory reset”...

  • Page 43: Deleting A Saved Song (Delete Song)

    Convenient Functions Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song) Initializing the Memory (Format Media) Here’s how to delete a song that you saved on the internal memory or the USB flash drive (sold separately). Here’s how you can completely erase all songs that were MEMO saved in the internal memory or the USB flash drive (sold If you want to delete all songs that have been saved to the...

  • Page 44: Disabling The Buttons (Panel Lock)

    Convenient Functions Disabling the Buttons (Panel Lock) Caution when initializing the memory • Never turn off the power while “Working... ” is shown in the When you activate Panel Lock, all buttons will be disabled. display. This prevents the tones or settings from being changed if you •...

  • Page 45: Various Settings (Function Mode)

    & & Various Settings (Function Mode) Press the [–] [+] button to edit the value of the setting . The same procedure is used for all settings in Function mode. While holding down the [Key Touch] button, press the Press the [Key Touch] button or the [Transpose] button to [Transpose] button .

  • Page 46: Using A Piano's Unique Tuning (Stretch Tuning)

    Higher settings produce a clearer resonance. Backup” (p. 41). OFF, 1–10 Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Playback Device (Input Volume) InputVol HP505 only You can adjust the volume of an audio playback device that’s connected to the Input jacks. 0–10...

  • Page 47: Playing Back An Audio File With Its Central Sound Minimized

    The song being played back (on the HP505, the sound being input via the Input jacks) BOTH The sound of the keyboard and the song being played back (on the HP505, the sound being input via the Input jacks) Changing the Pitch of the Tone in Octave Steps (Octave Shift) You can change the pitch of the Tone 2 in Dual Play (p.

  • Page 48: Changing How The Pedals Work (Center Pedal)

    Various Settings (Function Mode) Indication Value Explanation Changing How the Pedals Work (Center Pedal) When you turn on the power, the center pedal functions as the sostenuto pedal (p. 10). You can change the function of the pedal to a variety of other operations. SOST Sets function to sostenuto pedal.

  • Page 49: Saving An Internal Song (Save Song)

    MEMO USB Drv This setting is automatically saved in the unit. For details on downloading and installing the Roland original driver, refer to the Roland website. Roland website: http://www.roland.com/ Choose this if you want to use the generic USB driver that was included with your computer. Normally, you should use this mode.

  • Page 50: Specifying The Visual Control Channel (Visual Control Channel)

    MIDI in order to control video equipment in tandem with a performance. What is V-LINK? V-LINK is Roland’s proprietary specification that allows visual expression to be linked with musical performance. Video equipment that is compatible with V-LINK can be connected to electronic musical instruments via their MIDI ports, making it easy to enjoy a variety of visual effects that are linked with the performance.

  • Page 51: Troubleshooting

    Are you using (optional) Roland USB flash drive? – Unable to read from/write to USB Reliable performance cannot be guaranteed if you use non-Roland USB flash drive products. flash drive If you are unable to read or write USB flash drive successfully, change the USB memory mode.
  • Page 52 • Ambience (p. 20) If you don’t hear this in headphones: It is likely that there is some other reason (such as resonances within the unit). Please contact your dealer or a nearby Roland service center. If you set the volume to the maximum setting, the sound may be distorted depending on how you perform.

  • Page 53: Error Messages

    A MIDI transmission error has occurred. Check the MIDI cable and connected MIDI device. There may be a problem with the system. Repeat the procedure from the beginning. If it is not solved after you have tried several times, contact the Roland Error 51 service center.

  • Page 54: Tone List

    & & Tone List Piano–Grand No . Tone Name Explanation The sound of a splendid concert grand piano. This piano sound has our highest recommendation, and can be used for any style of Concert music. Ballade A mellow grand piano sound, recommended for quiet songs. Bright A brilliant grand piano sound, recommended when you want the piano to stand out in an ensemble.

  • Page 55: Internal Song List

    * No data for the music that is played will be output from MIDI Out and USB port. a .028 Étude, op.25-1 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin * Songs marked by an asterisk (*) are original songs composed for the Roland Corporation. The copyrights to these songs are owned by the Roland Corporation. a .029 Clair de Lune Claude Achille Debussy * MASTERPIECE 1–2, 4–15 are piano solos.

  • Page 56: Main Specifications

    USB CD Drive (CD-01A) Options Audio/Audio CDs (sold separately) *2 Use USB Flash memory sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee File Format: Audio File (WAV 44.1 kHz/16-bit linear format) Playback operation if other products are used. Audio CDs (CD-DA) (when using optional CD drive)
  • Page 57 USB CD Drive (CD-01A) Options Resolution 120 ticks per quarter note (sold separately) *2 Use USB Flash memory sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee Audio/Audio CDs operation if other products are used. File Format: Audio File (WAV 44.1 kHz/16-bit linear format) Playback...

  • Page 58: Using The Unit Safely

    Refer all servicing number of other devices. Be especially with an amplifier and headphones or to your retailer, the nearest Roland careful when using extension cords—the speakers, may be capable of producing Service Center, or an authorized Roland...
  • Page 59 • Raise the adjusters on the stand (p. 62). • Close the lid. • Remove the music stand (HP503). • Fold down the music stand (HP505). Unplug the AC adaptor from the outlet before cleaning Before cleaning the unit, turn it off and unplug the AC adaptor from the outlet (p.

  • Page 60: Important Notes

    Repairs and Data oxidization process. If the brass becomes tarnished, • With the factory settings, the HP505 or HP503 will polish it using commercially available metal polisher. • Please be aware that all data contained in the...

  • Page 61: About The Ivory Feel Keyboard

    Technology Properties Limited (TPL). Roland has licensed this technology from the TPL Group. • XG ( ) is a registered trademark or a trademark of Yamaha Corporation.

  • Page 62: Assembling

    * Do not place the piano unit directly on the fl oor. Doing so will damage the bottom panel case and the connectors and holders on the bottom of the piano. Copyright© 2011 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Parts Check Side Board (left) Screw (M5 ×...
  • Page 63 (see fi gure) with an external ground. When the unit is grounded, a slight hum may occur, depending on the particulars of your installation. If you are unsure of the connection method, contact the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor. HP505 rear panel Please don’t...

  • Page 64: Index

    & & Index a ....... . 26 Effects ......17 Panel Lock .
  • Page 65 For EU Countries For China...
  • Page 66 This product contains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm, including lead. For the USA DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Compliance Information Statement Model Name : HP505, HP503 Type of Equipment : Digital Piano Responsible Party : Roland Corporation U.S.
  • Page 67 Information When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor in your country as shown below. TAIWAN ECUADOR POLAND KUWAIT AFRICA EUROPE ROLAND TAIWAN ENTERPRISE Mas Musika ROLAND POLSKA SP. Z O.O. EASA HUSAIN AL-YOUSIFI &...

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